Congress of Industrial Organizations

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historical organization labor union federation trade union federation

The Congress of Industrial Organizations was a major federation of industrial labor unions in the United States that played a central role in organizing mass-production workers and shaping mid-20th-century labor policy.

Aliases (1)

Committee for Industrial Organization ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical organization → labor union federation → trade union federation →
country	United States →
dissolutionCause	merger with American Federation of Labor →
dissolved	1955 →
fieldOfWork	collective bargaining → labor organizing → labor rights →
formerName	Committee for Industrial Organization →
foundedBy	Charles Howard → David Dubinsky → Harvey Fremming → John Brophy → John L. Lewis → Max Zaritsky → Sidney Hillman → Thomas McMahon →
hasPart	Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America → Textile Workers Union of America → United Auto Workers → United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America → United Mine Workers of America → United Steelworkers of America →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
ideology	New Deal liberalism → industrial unionism →
inception	1935 →
influenced	Fair Labor Standards Act → National Labor Relations Act implementation → mid-20th-century U.S. labor policy →
keyPerson	John L. Lewis → Philip Murray → Sidney Hillman → Walter Reuther →
mergedInto	AFL–CIO →
movement	American labor movement →
notableWork	organization of mass-production workers → sit-down strikes of the 1930s → support for New Deal labor legislation →
opposedBy	American Federation of Labor →
politicalAlignment	Democratic Party (United States) →
renamed	1938 →
significantEvent	1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike support → World War II labor–government cooperation → formation of United Auto Workers as major affiliate → formation of United Steelworkers as major affiliate → purge of communist-led unions in late 1940s → split from American Federation of Labor →
timePeriod	Great Depression → World War II → early Cold War →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John L. Lewis → Walter Reuther →	memberOf
Cold War liberalism →	associatedWithInstitution
American Federation of Labor →	conflictWith
Congress of Industrial Organizations ("Committee for Industrial Organization") →	formerName
AFL–CIO →	foundedBy
AFL–CIO →	mergerOf
Taft–Hartley Act →	opposedBy
Flint sit-down strike →	unionInvolved